Architectural Choices in China's Open-Source AI Ecosystem: Building Beyond DeepSeek

Mixture of Experts (MoE) as the Default Choice The Rush for Supremacy by Modality Big Preferences for Small Models Permissive Open Source Licenses From Model-First to Hardware-First Reconstruction In Progress This is the second blog in a three-part series on China's open source community's historical advancements since January 2025's "DeepSeek Moment." The first blog is available here, and the third blog is available here.